Whitworth Street
Coordinates: 53°28′30″N 2°14′20″W / 53.475°N 2.239°W
Whitworth Street is a street in Manchester, England. It runs between London Road (A6) and Oxford Street (A34). West of Oxford Street it becomes Whitworth Street West which then goes as far as Deansgate (A56). It was opened in 1899 and is lined with many large and grand warehouses. It is named after the engineer Joseph Whitworth whose works once stood along the route. Whitworth Street West runs alongside the viaduct connecting Oxford Road and Deansgate railway stations: beyond Albion Street the Rochdale Canal is on the northern side. On the Albion Street corner is the building once occupied by the Haçienda nightclub at nos. 11-13 while further east on the same side is the Ritz.
Opposite the Sackville Street Building is Whitworth Gardens, a public park established in 1900.
Mainly of the Edwardian period, after the expansion of trade which followed the opening of the ship canal in 1894.
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